Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation

Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation

Author: Breeda Birmingham

Publisher: Orla Kelly Publishing

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781914225673

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Midlife Women Rock takes a bold and courageous look at menopause and breaking the taboo and shame around this important phase of life which affects half the population. Breeda's passion and mission shine through in every page, empowering and supporting women to embrace this transition and use it as a time to take back control and enjoy the freedom and wisdom of this second stage of life. - Nicki Williams, - Happy Hormones for Life Provocative and compelling, Well- researched, Bold and courageous. Midlife Women Rock provides a map and compass for all along with tackling taboo shame and silence. The unique informal style, stories, conversations & interviews enclosed all help separate the myths about menopause from the facts and make it a very relatable read. The menopause story is changing and the world needs more people like Breeda stepping fully into their power and sharing the message of the transformative experience that menopause can be. Breeda speaks for all of us, through her own experience, with compassion, understanding and above all courage helping to change our 'normal' and make all our lives freer. Midlife Women Rock emerges from three years of researching the puzzle that is menopause, a highly significant phase of life that has silenced and shamed women for decades.


Invisible to Invaluable

Invisible to Invaluable

Author: Jane Evans

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0349428581

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Our generation is something the world has never seen before. Women born between 1950 and 1975 were pioneers in all areas of work and society, yet we have become almost completely invisible except to our families and friends, right at the time the world needs our wisdom, empathy and experience the most. OUR TIME IS NOW! INVISIBLE TO INVALUABLE is a celebration of what midlife women do, who we are and what we are capable of. It's a rallying cry for us to change the world for the better. With personal stories, exciting research and insights from a cast of inspirational women, Jane Evans and Carol Russell's manifesto blows open the ageism that's sidelined midlife women at work and in society, and sets out an empowering vision for a world where we can unlock our full potential. In a collection of chapters that range from the powerful to the playful and from the distant past to a brighter future, Jane and Carol show how there is no longer just 'young' and 'old' - there is a whole new middle that can be the best time of our lives. Even if we feel like we've hit rock bottom, or have disappeared entirely, there is a way back. This book will remind you how far we've come, show you what we're made of, and demonstrate how we can create a better future for all of us.


Inventing the Rest of Our Lives

Inventing the Rest of Our Lives

Author: Suzanne Braun Levine

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2005-12-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0452287219

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New brain research is proving it: Women at midlife really do start to see the world differently. Some 37 million women now entering their fifties and sixties—a unique generation—are refashioning their lives, with dramatic results. They have fulfilled all the prescribed roles—daughter, wife, mother, employee, but they’re not ready to retire. They want to experience more. Suzanne Braun Levine gives us a fun, smart, and tremendously informative road map through the challenging and uncharted territory that lies ahead.


Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

Author: Stephen Pearcy

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 145169458X

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Welcome to heavy metal rock 'n' roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning ambition, and a chance. Stephen Pearcy and supergroup Ratt hit the bull's-eye. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single "Round and Round" became a top-selling anthem. As Ratt scrambled up a wall of fame and wealth, so they experienced the gut-wrenching free fall, after too many hours in buses, planes, and limos; too many women; too many drugs; and all the personality clashes and ego trips that marked the beginning of the end. Pearcy offers a stunningly honest self-portrait of a man running on the fumes of ambition and loneliness as the party crashed. His rock 'n' roll confessional, by turns incredible, hilarious, and lyrical, is a story of survival--and a search for the things that matter most.--From publisher description.


Goddesses in Older Women

Goddesses in Older Women

Author: Jean Shinoda Bolen

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0061852775

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At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory -- one that is generally uncelebrated in popular culture -- she can choose to mourn what has gone before, or she can embrace the juicy-crone years. In this celebration of Act Three, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman, names the powerful new energies and potentials -- or archetypes -- that come into the psyche at this momentous time, suggesting that women getting older have profound and exciting reasons for welcoming the other side of fifty.


There Are No Grown-ups

There Are No Grown-ups

Author: Pamela Druckerman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0698186818

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The best-selling author of BRINGING UP BÉBÉ investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. When Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her "Madame," and she detects a new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. Yet forty isn't even technically middle-aged anymore. And there are upsides: After a lifetime of being clueless, Druckerman can finally grasp the subtext of conversations, maintain (somewhat) healthy relationships and spot narcissists before they ruin her life. What are the modern forties? What do we know once we reach them? What makes someone a "grown-up" anyway? And why didn't anyone warn us that we'd get cellulite on our arms? Part frank memoir, part hilarious investigation of daily life, There Are No Grown-Ups diagnoses the in-between decade when... • Everyone you meet looks a little bit familiar. • You're matter-of-fact about chin hair. • You can no longer wear anything ironically. • There's at least one sport your doctor forbids you to play. • You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. • Your parents have stopped trying to change you. • You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. • You realize that everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently. • You know that it's ok if you don't like jazz. Internationally best-selling author and New York Times contributor Pamela Druckerman leads us on a quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. A witty dispatch from the front lines of the forties, THERE ARE NO GROWN-UPS is a (midlife) coming-of-age story--and a book for anyone trying to find their place in the world.


Midlife Bites

Midlife Bites

Author: Jen Mann

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0593158512

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A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it’s like to be a woman at the crossroads of a midlife crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat “I inhaled this book in one sitting; it’s a must-read for anyone over forty. This should become the gift all girlfriends give one another.”—Zibby Owens, host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books Jen Mann had what appeared to be the perfect life: a successful career as a bestselling author and award-winning blogger, a devoted husband, teenage kids who weren’t total jerks, and a badass minivan. So imagine her surprise when, at forty-seven years old, a midlife crisis kicked her straight in the ladybits. Midlife Bites offers Jen’s trademark wit and honesty when it comes to important conversations and observations about women in midlife. Here, readers will be able to come together and find anecdotes and practical ideas to help navigate through this major point in their lives. For women who may feel isolated or overlooked, this collection of original essays offers valuable insights, takeaways, and, most important, a productive way forward. Jen shares her own story as well as advice and wisdom from the online community she built, tackling everything that bites about midlife, where nothing is off-limits: raging hormones; sex (after forty); finding your purpose; learning to make new friends (yes, even as a grown-up); moving out of your comfort zone; having conversations that count, no more small talk; and how to deal with rogue chin hairs (and other nuisances). Jen Mann is leading the movement to create a new space where middle-aged women can share openly and honestly with one another. This no-BS collection of essays will help start the conversation and keep it going, because as women, we all have a right to be happy, fulfilled, and whole, no matter what stage of life.


This Chair Rocks

This Chair Rocks

Author: Ashton Applewhite

Publisher: Celadon Books

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1250311489

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“Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride!


Midlife, No Crisis

Midlife, No Crisis

Author: Lisa Levine

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781736159408

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In this useful and lovely guidebook to midlife for women, life and health coach Lisa Levine provides easy, actionable tools to help readers let go of what's holding them back and become the best version of themselves. Packed with humor, inspirational quotes, and practical advice, Midlife, No Crisis encourages readers to practice self-care, cultivate positive habits, and overcome fear so that they can start living an awesome life.


21 Hacks to Rock Your Midlife

21 Hacks to Rock Your Midlife

Author: Cat Coluccio

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-24

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780648702979

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Have you hit one of those "big" birthday milestones that end with a 0? You know the ones: the big 4-0, the big 5-0 or *gulp* the big 6-0! And have you found yourself wondering "Is this it?" "Is this really it?" "Is this all my life was meant to be?" Then you have found the right book, as Cat Coluccio, aka the "Midlife Success Coach" takes you through the process of releasing the emotions and memories - good and bad - of your younger years, so that you can determine the purposeful life and legacy you want to create going forward. Follow along with practical action steps as Cat walks you through her 7 step model of Awakening, Releasing, Creating Space, Project You, Ready to Launch, Lift Off, and Legacy. The clock is ticking - isn't it time that you choose to truly ROCK your Midlife season and beyond?